Category Archives: Prayer Blog
Update and More Travel
Thank you for your prayers. We are truly grateful for them. As far as we can tell, Nehemiah is doing well at RVA and enjoys being there. At this point it is harder on Donna and I than Nehemiah. While … Continue reading
Kenya Update
Friday afternoon (Aug 28) started a new adventure in the Cox family, especially for Nehemiah. On Friday afternoon I left Nehemiah at Rift Valley Academy (RVA) in Kenya. It was difficult for me to leave him. The Thursday and Friday … Continue reading
Praise be to God, Sorrow and Goodbyes
It was great to meet and spend time with Dr. Emmanuel Mbennah (the new TWR International Director for Africa) while he was in Benin. There were a number of things that struck me about Emmanuel: One, he is passionate about … Continue reading
High Level Meetings in Need of High Power Prayer
Thank you for your prayers concerning the purchase of land. Trans World Radio (TWR) was able to purchase about 1.3 acres (5400 square meters) of land here in Parakou for houses and an office. Over the next couple of months … Continue reading
Land, Shortwave, Malaria and Tyranny of the Urgent
In my last prayer blog I asked you to pray for our colleague who was stuck in Ghana with a visa issue. Praise be to God that after a month in Ghana he received his visa and is now back … Continue reading
Safe Travels
Praise be to God for our safe travels and that all our luggage made it to Benin with us (a truly miraculous feat since we only had 35 minutes to change planes in Casablanca). We have been in Benin just … Continue reading
Finishing Strong
I have been in Canada taking a conversational French course since April 27 while Donna and the kids have split their time between my mom in New Mexico and Donna’s parents in Texas. Between May 14 and 18 I was … Continue reading
The More You Know…
The problem with studying any subject is that the more you study the more you realize how little you know about the subject. This is how I feel about French. Since I have arrived in the province of Quebec I … Continue reading
You Love … I’ll Save
Recently my wife and I were at a forum and had the honor of seeing Susan Sandager do a Corrie ten Boom dramatization. (Corrie ten Boom was a Christian woman who hid Jews in her home during the Holocaust; while … Continue reading
Unexpected
A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps. Proverbs 16:9 The last two months have been very unexpected. My mom has been in and out of the hospital and is in rehab as I write. Praise … Continue reading